Display holder for brooches



I July 31, 1945. GQODMAN 2,380,688

DISPLAY HOLDER FOR BROOCHES Filed Nov. 11, 1943 v INVENTOR -/}/a/rw/J 6000414.

, ATTORNEY Patented July 31, 1945 DISPLAY HOLDER FOR BROOCHES Morris Goodman, Miami Beach, Fla.

Application November 11, 1943, Serial No. 509,913

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a display holder for a brooch or the like.

Brooches are commonly displayed for exhibition and sale on a mount usually consisting of a cushion, board, or card covered with velvet or other fabric. Some difllculty. and loss of time, is experienced in neatly and properly pinning the brooches to the fabric of the mount. This is particularly objectionable since in the handling incient to the displ y and sale of the brooches, it is necessary often to unpin them from, and repln them to, the mount.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for holding a brooch or the like in such manner that the article may be exhibited and conveniently handled by the sales person and customers without the necessity of opening and closing the pin or tongue of the brooch itself.

Another object is to provide a display device for pins, generally two, projecting therefrom and by which the brooch and holder, as a unit, may be readily pinned or fastened to the mount. 7

The invention consists in certain novel features ofv construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

While the accompanying drawing illustrates several embodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that it may be embodied in other forms and that changes may be made within the scope of the claims.

In the drawing: 1

Figure 1 is a rear view in perspective of a brooch secured in a holder;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary face view of a mount showing a brooch and holder mounted thereon;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the holder;

Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views of modified forms of the holder;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of another modification;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a further modification;

Fig. 9 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 3 showing use of the modification of Fig. 8; and,

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of another modification.

The holder, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, consists of a length of wire bent to form two substantially parallel legs l0 preferably terminating in pointed ends it, and a cross-piece l2 connecting the two.

At the point of connection of each leg to the cross-piece a closed loop or eye it is formed, the two loops or eyes being substantially in parallel relation. The holders illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 difler from each other only in that in the former the cross-apiece l2 passes behind the legs, while in the latter it passes in front.

The modification illustrated in Fig. 6 comprises a supporting element It which may be or any shape and may be made of metal, plastic, rubber, braid, fabric, or any suitable material having an opening or passage l5 extending longitudinally therethrough. The member 14 may be inexpenslvely made of a piece of lacquered braided material such as is commonly known as "spaghetti in the electrical art. A piece of wire it having two legs ll preferably with pointed ends passes through or is suitably secured to the material of the member ll.

A further modification of the device is shown in Fig. 7 consisting of a supporting member it in the form of a hollow tube or the like having one or more prongs or pins 19 secured to and projecting therefrom.

The holder is designed for the display of a brooch 2B or like article, as for instance a barrette, having a pin or tongue 2! hinged or pivoted at 22 to its rear face and provided adjacent the other end with a catch, keeper or guard 23 for fastening the pin or tongue closed.

In use, the pin H of the brooch is passed through the eyes M, or the openings in the supporting members It or ii, of the particular form of holder employed and the pin is then fastened in its closed position. The holder, with the brooch secured thereto, may then be easily attached to the mount or display card 26 by merely inserting the pins or prongs of the holder into the material or fabric covering of the mount, as indicated in Figs..2 and 3.

Heavy or wide brooches have a tendency to tilt forward when mounted. To avoid this ob- -jection I may provide the holder with a. lip 25 adapted to engage the lower portion of the rear face of the brooch 20 so as to support the brooch in substantially parallel relation to the mount 24 as is indicated in Fig. 9. While in Fig. 8

I have illustrated the lip 25 as applied to the piece of wire bent to form two legs I0 and two subs.3.: llaliy parallel eyes l3 that serve as a suppa. for receiving and holding the pin 2| of the brooch, but in this instance the cross-piece 26 extends forwardly and downwardly between the legs and, in addition to connecting the legs, it provides a lip for abutment against the under side of the brooch to prevent the latter from tilting forward when it is engaged in the holder and secured to the mount.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the invention provides a very simple, inexpensive, and convenient means for repeatedly mounting or demounting the brooch without troubling to open its pin each time.

What I claim is:

1. A brooch display holder comprising two substantially parallel pointed legs, a cross-piece connecting and abutting against the legs. and two substantially parallel eyes one at each of the points of connection of the legs and cross-piece for receiving and holding the pin of a brooch.

2. A brooch display holder comprising a single piece'of wire bent to form two substantially parallel legs, a cross-piece connecting and abutting against the legs. and two substantially parallel closed loops one at each of the points of connection of the legs and cross-piece for receiving and holding the pin of a brooch.

r 3. K display holder for a brooch or like article having a hinged pin, comprising a support having an. opening for receiving and holding the pin of the article to be displayed, pins extending from the support for attaching it to a mount, and a lip extending from the support for abutment against the'under side of the article to be displayed to prevent the displayed article from tilting on the mount.

4. A display holder for a brooch or like article having a hinged pin, comprising a single piece of wire bent to form two substantially parallel legs, a closed loop at the upper end of each leg,

and a substantially U-shaped cross piece connecting said loops and legs and extending downwardly at an angle to the plane of the legs.

MORRIS GOO DMAN. 

